As expected quite heavy rain throughout the night but it did become more intermittent as we got breakfast, finished the packing and serviced the van. The insulating screens were, of course, soaking wet so once folded and bagged were put in the shower to drain - they were never going to dry out though until opened out again, not a problem.
All done and checked out we were away by 10.40 with a plan to first find a supermarket to refill the much depleted fridge then make our way south west to Aguilas although it is quite a drive so we were not really expecting to get there today. Whether we missed a turn or what we didn't find the large Carrefour we thought we remembered from previous years so for the moment just set the satnav for Murcia and joined the A7 autovia. We spotted a Pleinoil service station sign so pulled off and refuelled with the cheapest diesel we've seen for a long long time, £1.15pl.
Continued on the A7 noting snow on the hills alongside not much higher than us. Bren did a little research and found a Mercadona supermarket at Castella so navigated us there using Google Maps on her phone for a change! The app reported plenty of outdoor parking but failed to mention it was all the covered type and at 2.3m was no good for us. However the road outside was quiet with plenty of room so we just parked there, moving a little to accomodate an articulated lorry waiting to reverse into the loading bay.
Shopping completed we had a latish lunch whilst researching possible stopovers as Aguilas was now just a little too far. The weather had dried out completely and we enjoyed a steady run, still on the A7 until the satnav turned us off around Murcia to a free local authority motorhome area in the suburbs. Basically part of a municipal carpark with a service point it was almost full but we found a nice spot and settled in with a cuppa and slice of Christmas cake.
No rush tomorrow and there is apparently a market in the carpark.
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